Deltarune and the Art of Escapism

A lot of people have videos on what Deltarune is going to mean, but not what it means to them. Let's talk about it.
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Majora's Mask- HowToDoVideoGames, ZorZelda
Twilight Princess- Digital Days
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[@Мр.чтото]

Cat Human i remember you're escapism

[@askerror1987]

Okay this one wins

[@askerror1987]

@@Matyas_Ceo_Of_Matyas He’s also not a girl so you’re wrong on both counts :)

[@dummyyogurt5375]

​@@askerror1987 Weren't there any other comments here ? did the other replies get deleted ?

[@askerror1987]

@@dummyyogurt5375There were, but the comments were both ableist and transphobic and didn’t even bother to be creative about it. Forshame. Nice Batter pfp, by the way!!!

[@phn4868]

If we're gonna get all emotional and stuff about Deltarune then I guess I should share the experience that stuck with me the most while playing it. I ended up having something like a panic attack/paranoid episode while I was playing in the earliest parts of chapter 2, in the cyber field, and I managed to calm down after Suzie and Ralsei suddenly came back to where I was, later on after fighting Spamton I saw that Kris went exactly through the same experience as me and also was comforted by Suzie and Ralsei, man, I haven't related to a character that much in a while

[@askerror1987]

The bit where no matter what option you have Kris say they’ll end up very much NOT being okay in that moment is like. Okay. Owie. I’m going to save and take a break I think actually

[@phn4868]

@askerror1987 Exactly, just like I felt during the cyber field part, I had to save and go for a glass of water to get my mind clear and calm down

[@brantjustilian3791]

When I first got into writing in high school, my teacher told me that I was going down the wrong path. That I needed to go to college to become an author, even though independent publishing existed. When I published my first novel, I expected my Grandma to say,” writing is stupid and a complete waste of your time. You need to find a true job.” Instead she was completely speechless and couldn’t find anything negative to stay like she’s use to.

[@fabbie-draws]

I feel like jevil and spamton are what happened if someone was consumed by escapism, like jevil sees everything like game or spamton thinking he will be freed from his controller's controls in his new body, i wonder if chapter 3 will explore this by someone who want to bring their favourite show back?

[@askerror1987]

Right on the money there imo. I don’t think that this third boss character is going to be “Mike”, but I’m looking forward to meeting whoever this new character is

[@fabbie-draws]

Tbh same, I think Mike just might be a npc or a miniboss

[@TheCosmicCloud]

I love the personal storytelling in this video! I think the nature of Deltarune’s release makes it especially susceptible to analysis that misses the forest for the trees. There are so many moving parts, so much technical and artistic work that goes into creating a video game, but as I think you demonstrate in this video, what makes an experience with a game profound depends entirely on who is playing it. It’s really refreshing to see a more intimate conversation not about what Deltarune may or may not be trying to do, but what it has already done

[@askerror1987]

I'm genuinely so honored to see the kind of reception this video's been getting. I thought it would reach like, 100, 200 people maximum based off of my usual performance and everyone has been so thoughtful with their comments. Deltarune has been a very unique game in terms of how we as a community have been able to experience it and I think that it has absolutely affected the actual way that people decide to talk about it online

[@dummyyogurt5375]

My favorite splatoon lore theorist in a deltarune video's comment section ? what is this, a crossover episode ?

[@cammyboig]

Great stuff :) In the neverending sea of theories its always nice to find something so personal.

[@QUBIQUBED]

If you don't start the game from Chp 1, Kris will play that chapter FOR you. And the story is the same. Therefore, the characters DO like Kris and they WILL listen to them.

[@askerror1987]

Something I knew about but now wish I'd put into the script! They are friends they are friends and care about each other!!!

[@cosmicspacething3474]

How does that work?

[@askerror1987]

@@cosmicspacething3474 We’re able to look into the code of the “default” choices for Chapter 1 if you select the option to start a new playthrough right from Chapter 2. Kris notably makes a beeline for their home without talking to anyone, but during the Dark World sections they’ll make some interesting choices, like going out of their way to pick up the pink ribbon. They’ll also choose every default option in the goner maker except one- in “give your vessel a gift”, they choose Mind

[@Krispykreme15]

I love watching theory videos but seeing someone say how much this game means to them is so refreshing and beautiful. This motivates me to make my own

[@askerror1987]

Do it!!! I love hearing people talking about the things that they really care about and I'm sure many other people will too!

[@doctorsmiles4530]

I'm going to be thinking about this essay for a while. You're among a very limited selection of people who are talking about art in this way; a way thats a breath of fresh air. This lack of discussion of feelings (in the community as a whole) feels reminiscent of how - in film and book discussions that Ive been apart of - often people will straight up ignore the metephors and meaning of a piece of media to instead talk about its story *extremely* literally. It almost feels like anti intellectualism at times, like they're trying to scrub away difficult messages. Granted, in those cases, they were explicitly devaluing metephorical and feelings driven discussion, viewing them as lesser. I used to be there, and I hadn't fully left that mindset until this essay, I feel, so thank you.

[@askerror1987]

Just wait until Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3 comes out and I talk about how Satoru Gojo got me out of an emotional tailspin from the simple act of a character Caring about people because it was the Right Thing to Do- My partner and I love to play OCs with our favorite stories and I take that VERY seriously every time. It's always been one of my favorite things in media to break it down to its very core but to tear canon apart, you first have to understand what put everything together in the first place. In the case of the UTDR fandom, it's why I feel like AUs like Underfell and Dusttale worked and STILL work emotionally, but revivals of Underswap always end up feeling off to me. You can't break a character down to their essentials if you don't understand who they were in the source material to begin with hahaha I'm happy that this essay was able to reach you!!! Let's try to sit and Understand our blorbos a little bit better. Rotate them in your mind. It's fun

[@doctorsmiles4530]

@askerror1987 Man thats so cool! There's just, so much in that comment I find interesting, but I'm just really happy to hear that characters caring about people and doing the right thing gets to you as well! It honestly affects me to a rediculous degree sometimes. If you don't mind me asking, what method do you use to play OCs? I used to RP with a group of friends over discord, using different channels as different places in the world. Before that me and my brother would use a trampoline as our metaphor for unreal spaces. Now I find that, outside the context of a game with rules like dnd, I can't get people (or myself) to engage much with pretend and story warping anymore.

[@askerror1987]

I like to use Discord as a dumping space for a lot of my ideas. There is also a much longer but far more fun method I'll employ on very special occasions called "It's my birthday so I'm going to have all my friends sit down and listen to a powerpoint presentation I made purely about my OC worldbuilding". Late night infodumping vcs are also a must for me. Sit down and listen to me be very Normal about my blorbos right this instant (please) I also have a discord server specifically set up for my KZbin channel, which, now that I'm writing this, I remember I'd forgotten to plug in my Description section. Let me fix that

[@brastionskywarrior6951]

ok but feelings dont care about the fact that gaster OH MY GOD GUYS IS THAT FREIND

[@doctorsmiles4530]

@@askerror1987 I genuinely aspire to your confidence! That's amazing

[@fionadickson6279]

Okay so, I just realised something crazy, lancer went through the door to ANOTHER dark world, without help. (That foreshadowed darkners not turning into stone in the grand dark fountain.)

[@fionadickson6279]

also great video

[@askerror1987]

That's true! I wonder if that has implications for why Ralsei is fine persisting in other dark worlds? Also, thank you, glad you liked it!

[@Sandstheskeleton]

@@askerror1987 He IS the prince of darkness, it would be odd for him to not be able to exist in other dark worlds.

[@Krispykreme15]

@@askerror1987 I mean ralsei comes from the fountain of pure darkness so maybe that’s why

[@Left4Cake]

You forgot about my favorite Majors Mask interpretation, that its actually all about: Hope in the face of the inevitable.

[@askerror1987]

Ohhh, okay that's a good one

[@tuxedeoboi9155]

I've had an uncanny relationship with Deltarune. While I do have a unhealth obsession with theories, I more referring to what I experienced while playing. Specifically with Kris. I noticed a lot of odd similarities between them and me. From minor things like not being all that talkative, and few other things that are a bit personal I don't want to say. To oddly specific things, like how we both apparently use apple scented shampoo, and playing the piano (and possibly only being able to play when we're the only ones in the room, if that's what that one Noelle post was implying) and even eating moss (granted I was in pre-school) to even certain reactions kris gives if you pay attention to how others describe their face or tone. Honestly, Deltarune has me trapped, and the irony of it is that I can't escape its allure of escapism. I usually get super enveloped in stories, dreaming what ifs, what it be like if I was there. and it only gets worse if the game allows the "player" themself to be apart instead of just through another character.

[@askerror1987]

It’s got a very interesting dichotomy, doesn’t it? Kris is such a cool character to me exactly for this reason and it makes me frustrated when people can’t do something as simple as respecting their gender. Like, way to completely miss the point of their character guys, hit the showers

[@tuxedeoboi9155]

@@askerror1987 Yeah, like I don't really focus or get involved in gender arguments about the KFC trio. I focused on the things that made Kris, Kris! And our similarities. like my reaction to the piano, and the fact that Kris also uses the same scented shampoo I use, I was like "huh, that's an odd coincidence"

[@SpaceHeggo]

This video is quite baller, I haven’t played chapter 2 yet I’ve been kinda saving it for a rainy day, but this definitely makes me more excited to not only play it but have my own personal relationship with it.

[@askerror1987]

Chapter 2 was such a fun experience for me, I hope you enjoy it!

[@stardust-reverie]

this is probably my favorite take on escapism in deltarune and it makes me want to commit to making something about how i feel about it too. called something like “Deltarune, and the Inescapable Passage of Time”, about the experience of how long it’s taking to develop and how much has changed between each release, along with what’s changed in my own life and how that’s affecting my relationship with it, and see if i can get any textual interpretation out of it lol. i’ll probably also include a section on escapism and my relationship with it and my desire to create media and mention responding to what you say in this video because you got me thinking about that lol. thank you for sharing and i hope we get more personal emotional interpretations of deltarune on this platform

[@askerror1987]

Do it!!!

[@stardust-reverie]

@ hell YEAH!!! >:D

[@Solair-f2y]

This was such a great video! Its so rare to see people discuss games and stories on a personal level (especially games like deltarune). I wish more people talked about stories this way. Art can have cool mysteries to solve and all that but, at the end of the day, the reason we keep consuming stories is because they make us feel (or at least thats why I like stories). So why shouldn't we talk about it? on the topic of talking about how games make us feel... If your interested in video game music theres a great channel called MarcoMeatBall. He's an opera singer who listens to video game music and talks about how the music makes him feel (usually without any context for where it plays in the game) and theres just something very like... i dunno. pure about it? like. He doesn't break down the music theory or the techniques. He's just like "man, this song makes me feel like im fighting for my life" and thats all it needs to be. Basically hes become my new favourite source for great music. Thank you for making this video. I hope this kind of discussion becomes more commonplace among fandoms. Also "seemingly infinitismal and invisible rules that no one ever bothered to explain to me until after i had already broken them" is the most relatable quote ive heard in a while!

[@askerror1987]

This comment made me smile so much, thank you for taking the time to write it out! I'll have to check Marco out, that definitely sounds like a channel I would enjoy. I'm sorry that that line was so relatable though, it's not an experience I enjoyed and I wouldn't have wished it on anyone else growing up :(

[@robdabob77]

I loved this video, you really hit home on how Deltarune and escapism are so well mixed together it makes for a great story. I wish you got more recognition for these videos, as they are really fun to watch! (ps. you talking about hyperfixiations earlier in the video made me realize I may have autism too, never was officially diagnosed)

[@askerror1987]

It’s one of my favorite aspects of the entire game and I really do wish people would delve more into it! I’m so glad you enjoyed the video, I’m trying to creep back into making more like these Hyperfixations are actually something that people with ADHD have as well! It’s only the term special interests that are set aside specifically for people with autism- if you’d like to learn more about it I’d recommend watching some of Toon Ruins’ videos about it

[@doctorsmiles4530]

​@@askerror1987very true! I actually recently got diagnosed with ADHD on top of the autism I already had lol Apparently, there's a kind of ADHD that a great deal of autistic people have. A lot of symptoms of autism are closely linked to ADHD, likely an artifact of trying to throw the brain into a series of ridged boxes

[@askerror1987]

@@doctorsmiles4530 Oh, hard same. When I can work with it, I can REALLY work with it, but oftentimes it feels like having to walk around while dragging an anchor behind me and being expected to keep pace with everyone else

[@achilles-413]

duuuude this was so cool! i love this!! i do wish more people talked about how media makes them feel like this.

[@askerror1987]

Thank you! As an aside, I LOVE your pfp

[@blockeontheleafeon]

As someone who's 20 Sessions into their online, text-based RP Heavy D&D Game on Discord, this hits hard. I love developing OCs and Character Development in general, and from what I can tell, we're on the exact same page about that. If you want to hear about the Campaign I'm in, definitely let me know.

[@askerror1987]

Tell me about your campaign!

[@blockeontheleafeon]

@@askerror1987 Our main goal is to stop Iggwilv, the Witch Queen in the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth. Sounds easy, but it's difficult to track down in a world as big as The Forgotten Realms with so many Outer Planes and Inner Planes to explore. My Character is Sokudo Kisuhara. A Neutral Good Hashalaq Quori Shrine Maiden who's a Pacifist that wants to help everyone instead of hinder them thanks to being born on Arcadia. Mechanically, being a Shrine Maiden is represented by being a Paladin. Though Sokudo broke her Oath of Redemption and has become an Oathbreaker, so she's trying to redeem herself at the moment. We've visited several Planes so far such as Mechanus, the Shadowfell, the Elemental Plane of Water and even the Positive Energy Plane which is impossible to reach for an Adventurer under most conditions. Sokudo is the information gatherer of the group since she doesn't like fighting and has a ton of tools that can make sense of the world such as a Feat she picked up that can have her learn the history of an object or having a compass to detect where the nearest Feywild Portal is in the Material Plane or the Underdark.

[@blockeontheleafeon]

@@askerror1987 I posted a comment detailing the basic plot and where we're at but it got deleted just as quickly as I posted it. We might need to move this to Discord if you want to see it since it might get deleted again if I post it again.

[@askerror1987]

I can see it on my end, but if you’d prefer to move this to Discord I have my server linked in the video description!

[@askerror1987]

Ohhh, that sounds fun! Anything with an Oathbreaker always ends up being an interesting story imo. I haven’t been able to keep up with DND much but I did enjoy the few oneshots I was able to participate in!

[@heehoo3685]

my favorite part of mollystar's device theory, more than any of the metatextual analysis and recaps, no matter how intensly facinating that is, is the thousands of injokes from the subsections of the community she hangs out in, explaining their connection to the series, and revelling in the retro, lofi atmosphere that brings up memories of being young and dumb on a small town near nature, and getting connected online. these games really seem to fucking hit queer and nd people hard huh. i know they hit me at least.

[@doethundermelon]

This video is so great and reminds me why I love Deltarune so much. Yeah the theories are fun but I love the characters first and foremost and see a bit of myself in all of them in some way or another. More people need to make videos about how different media makes them feel. Not every video needs a grand point to it. Sometimes you just really need to gush about a thing. ❤

[@samxjs]

omg i loved this video so much. its so nice seeing people talk about media in a way that means something to them. Im stuck writing an essay on outer wilds for my class and the whole time i was literally explaining every aspect of the game and this video helped me realize that i dont have to do that. The essay doesnt have to be wikipedia style facts but it can be about what the game means to me. I love the toby fox games and would absolutely do the presentation about it if there wasnt a chance of getting bullied so i chose the safer option. Anyways thank you so much for making this video i loved it. Videos like these make me less ashamed of my hyperfixations that make me the person i am today. Hope you have the greatest christmas if u celebrate and thanks again.

[@askerror1987]

I GUARANTEE you that as someone who had to write AND READ so many of those essays, it will be much more enjoyable for you and memorable for your readers/ audience if you can find a way to make your emotions into a talking point. Being able to explain *why* you feel a certain way about something is a very great skill to have and it's never too early to start!!! Good luck on your essay!!!!!!!! I hope you'll give me an update on how it went :D

[@samxjs]

Thanks if I remember I'll definitely update you. thanks for the encouragement

[@samxjs]

@@askerror1987 so the update is here ::3. I presented it a week late bc I was sick but the teacher liked it a lot and the rest of the class wasn't paying any attention really so it went good (I hate presenting on front of people) I got an A and I'm happy I finally did. As you said (it was a huge help both your comments and your video) the teacher really liked how visible it was that the game made me so happy and the love for it was shining from me. So thanks a lot! This video inspired me to do it a bit differently and it definitely payed off. Again thank you so much for help stranger on the internet! Wish you all the good

[@askerror1987]

@@samxjsThat’s wonderful!!! I’m glad it was a happy update. I had a nice holiday and I hope you did as well :)

[@jubileemoquin]

What a lovely video!! I can't believe I never realized that the dark worlds were the concept of escapism through games and fiction! Even the order they're in makes so much more sense now, going from boardgames to the internet to TV...the time and investment you put into the form of escapism goes up everytime which is why the chapters are longer!! (At least in my experience lol. TV makes you suddenly realize you've been sitting watching a show for 6 hours) Deltarune and Undertale are both my special interests (my ADHD brain has some crossover with you I think!) but you've helped me realize why I like the game of Deltarune more, despite my love of the og Undertale characters. The celebration of escapism with friends really speaks to me!

[@Maguino_]

Don't know how i got here... but great video, it made me remember why, even though i played the game just some months ago, i feel nostalgic about it.

[@askerror1987]

@@Maguino_ Oh, if Deltarune is built for anything, it’s definitely nostalgia. I think that’s a big emotion that the Hometown section has been able to harness these past few chapters thanks to it’s connected-yet-not-connection with Undertale

[@JDGAMER780]

Moral of this Video: Escapism is a Double-Edge Sword,From One Edge It can Inprove your Life and make it Better,but in the Other Edge it can Destroy it beyond Recognition,Escapism is a Tool,it's up to you if you use it Correctly.

[@askerror1987]

Basically, yeah!

[@daisythegoddes3483]

Deltarune Chapter 1: You can (Never) come home

[@askerror1987]

Huge if true

[@Sarahmint]

13:50 the melencholy Omori song 😢

[@iggyhaha]

Maybe the real deltarune was the friends we made along the way

[@ChiappaRiello-op6zc]

I see you don't have many likes. You definitely deserve more!

[@askerror1987]

Much appreciated!

[@kapturchik0]

this video is awesome. i LOVE looking for metaphors and non-literal meaning in stories (no matter how wild it may get...), starting with some minor characters and ending with... vaguely even related to the story things but nonetheless kinda connected with it (for example one time i finished ultrakill and then i've somehow almost read the entire old testament because the game is about hell and stuff lol) when i REALLY LIKE something, i NEED to know every single scratch of it until the fuel of my engagement with it still holds on, because a good story can change people's lives ... and that's exactly what happened with DELTARUNE for me in the last couple of months. i had some tough times in the last couple of years, and starting from 2021 due to one of the terrible events which was the second toughest one i wasn't even able to connect with people on the internet. some things changed a couple of months ago, and i lost contact with one of the last most endeared people for me. thanks god by that time ive finally gotten into DR literally a couple of weeks prior to that, and with the aforementioned push from the life i've finally found the courage to leave the isolation i've been in for so many years, so i've found some wonderful smaller communities within the game's fandom and even found some people to talk to. (and even started to create art !!!!) i don't know how my state would have been now without DELTARUNE, honestly. this game and the fandom mean so much to me and i'm glad that so many people share similar feelings about it with me because the game made some very great changes in their lives!!! :3 also, changing topics, i find your analogy of hyperfixations and special interests to be indeed very accurate !!! being neurodivergent too, this kinda sums up the things i've experienced with various media n stuff ... so in conclusion... if anyone has read this Rambling Limited Edition™ so far, thanks for learning about my journey with the game, i think haha?? i also want to add that whatever tough times anyone reading this might be coming through at this very moment, and if god forbid you've found yourself alone, don't be afraid to reach to people! to anybody, anywhere. this may even save your life. stay strong and determined !!!!

[@askerror1987]

Sorry this comment got caught in my Filtered Comments Hell, let me take care of that for you! Thank *you* for sharing. Deltarune has such an interesting journey in our real life so it makes sense that it would become so personal to its players, too

[@holidgaygirl1225]

damn, this makes me wanna make a video about my very very specific and unique relationship with deltarune

[@askerror1987]

Do it do it do it!!! What have you got to lose?

[@LO0ORDSHIIIP]

Do iiiit

[@sumthngcool4221]

100%, Go Make Things! Just go for it!

[@Duclister]

Honestly I feel the same, but always feared people won't like My personal view on this.

[@lolasohercules]

@@holidgaygirl1225 Your "Very, Very" specific 🤔🤔

[@daisythegoddes3483]

Woah... Great video again!

[@sawesomeness]

Kris is basically raiden in MGS2

[@askerror1987]

Okay mind explaining for the class?

[@sawesomeness]

@askerror1987 the theory of kris being controlled by the player and how mgs2 also had that theme with raiden throwing away the dog tags with the players name on it. Raiden said he was his own person and not a pawn of the player. Hopefully kris will achieve that because from the little we get to know about them makes me care about kris as their own person.

[@GameJam230]

Deltarune is a battle between, Light and Dark, Hopes and Dreams, Reality and Fiction, and Determinism and Escapism. And, if it wasn’t clear by the way I listed them out, those are ALL the same concept. Determination is represented by the “light inside your soul” that gives you power and contains “the fate of the world”. Save points are noted to be “the light only you can see”, and the heroes of the legend appear “shining with hope”. As for darkness, dark worlds are representative of fiction, fantasy, and dreams. The shadows start to grow, causing “the places that you know [to] seem like fantasy”, when you quit the game after dying, the “world is covered with darkness”, etc. “Delta Rune” can literally be translated to “change in what is carved in stone”, or “change the unchangeable”, so when Gaster says “SHOW YOURSELF! DELTA RUNE”, for us to immediately become connected to their world, it’s because he was inviting our power, our light, to help change the dark fate that is destined to befall them. We, with the power of determinism, have the power to prevent the end of their story as it was meant to happen. We treat their world as an escape, but they are using us to save it.

[@four-en-tee]

Very nice video, this style of content makes me miss Jordan Underneath all over again. Jordan Underneath was more of a JonTron-clone type of channel (kinda like a horror-themed Caddicarus or Scott the Woz), but the way he talked about how games like Silent Hill 2, Fran Bow or Yume Nikki made him feel was always something I really liked about his videos. Objectively his reviews weren't anything special and they're about a decade old by now, but ever since I saw his stuff growing up in high school, I've always had a vested interest in what other people feel about different media (regardless of whether I agree with them or not, and regardless of whether or not their arguments are supported by strong evidence). I like to think he's why I eventually decided to make KZbin videos, we're both pretty artistic people. Even though the long-form essay stuff I make is pretty scripted, heavily researched and essentially peer reviewed, I still try to find a personal reason behind why I tackle each different subject. Ultimately I want my videos to matter to me, and I want to feel heard. I'm sure there will come a time when I eventually get tired of making KZbin videos since I do this for fun, but I just want to leave things behind for people to remember me by. I figure that's why everyone makes stuff like this, we want others to know we were here. Sorry, I'm prattling on.

[@sahilhossian8212]

Lore of Deltarune and the Art of Escapism momentum 100

[@askerror1987]

If you buy now you’ll receive one free one hour video essay about a single Deltarune song that isn’t even in the game yet

[@Sappysappster]

12:48 Yknow I cant help but feel like you have a type LMAO

[@askerror1987]

I’ve got this thing down to a SCIENCE lol

[@ShirubaGin]

2:40 Patricia Taxxon mention 💅💅💅💅💅💅

[@askerror1987]

Yes Patty, we all say simultaneously

[@tuxedeoboi9155]

I already made a heart felt comment, so here is the one I want to have the funny because of the N bit There are two MAIN reactions to the N Ferris wheel: 1. Who the Duck starts a conversation like that, I just sat down. 2. OMG he's so hot.

[@askerror1987]

Little me made the right decision in having him as my first fictional crush lollllll

[@tuxedeoboi9155]

@@askerror1987 based

[@TheCookiePup]

6:12 I guess that means Deltarune is a special interest of mine as well 😅 (Minecraft too. Outer Wilds may just be a hyper-fixation, like how Satisfactory definitely was. Time will tell which one Webfishing is for me.)

[@TheCookiePup]

7:09 YES I was intrigued with chapter 1 and its music, world details, and the secret boss (and the bunker), and chapter 2 made me feel similarly *until the Weird Route was discovered*, and that was probably the moment it went from a hyper-fixation to a special interest.

[@mityaibulkin]

thats beautiful man

[@askerror1987]

It's a wonderful game and I can't wait to see more of it!

[@Indigo_Flowers09]

RAGH I JUST GOT CALLED OUT!?!!!!????? seriously though i love seeing videos about what media means to people and how they connect with it because my experiences help ME connect with media like that and affect how i interpret it and it just. rhrhtjjfhfhf all the headcanons i have and stories i’ve made up about media are all products of the time and situations i was in and what was up with me, and not only hearing someone else feel the same thing but having SUCH A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE is so. validating i guess. :3 coming from an autistic queer teen with a masking and daydreaming problem >X3

[@Indigo_Flowers09]

side note, THE THING ABOUT HYPERFIXATIONS VS SPECIAL INTERESTS IS SO REAL!!! i knew when i got back into utydr in july it HAD to be a special interest and hey. i was so right. but like. god that’s the best way i’ve ever heard anyone compare and contrast the two…

[@askerror1987]

It's *autism*, babey!!! I'd make meowing noises at the screen for you if I thought it'd end up being audible. YOU are exactly the target audience I was hoping I'd reach with this video essay, and thank you for being here! As an aside- very happy the bit about special interests vs hyperfixations made sense! I was worried the metaphor I ended up choosing would make absolutely no sense kjnsdjnksfjnkdsfj

[@dejavous666.]

your so right

[@DAVINNIA314]

I would like this video, but I dare not change the very, very interesting count it's at! (666)

[@8Ball8888]

Mostly i like the story of deltarune more. Idk my obsession with making stories started when I had a whole junk of legos . I used to make characters off of it and just make a story and voice Them . One time we make a whole movie that dragged on for hours with Legos with my cousin and my older brother .

[@thoth7290]

why is swatch so hot he is JUST SHAPES WHY IS HE SO HOT GRRAAAAAA

[@askerror1987]

Well, you see, he has a charming personality and that can pull a *lot* of weight

[@King_Luigi]

_"Why do people find [Mettaton] so attractive??_ _He's literally just a freaking rectangle."_

[@Blaineworld]

deltaposting

[@askerror1987]

@@Blaineworld And person of unknown gender, I’m about to keep doing it ^w^

[@Blaineworld]

@@askerror1987 shitruning

[@msnshame]

What's the song playing at 12:00?

[@msnshame]

Nevermind I didn't realize they are sourced on the video itself.

[@askerror1987]

Yep, I ended up making my own font just for music sourcing! One of the comments on my most popular video told me they wished I'd been as diligent about crediting the tracks I'd used as I was about the b-roll footage, and it stuck with me enough that this will be my policy going forward. It did make me giggle a little to see a comment asking about it, though

[@AldinRamic]

​@askerror1987 what?! You made your own font?! Will you Release it?

[@askerror1987]

@ Probably for the next essay I’m releasing later this month! I was disappointed no one had released a font for the “fields of hopes and dreams” intro in Deltarune, so I ended up making it myself (which was, itself, already an edited version of the font for Earthbound)

[@AldinRamic]

@@askerror1987 I see

[@sal23246]

Houdini?

[@askerror1987]

@@sal23246 :?